Dorothy Scattone, PhD
Specialties: Child Development
Gender: Female
Biography: Dr. Scattone is a licensed psychologist, board certified behavior analyst, and Associate Professor in Pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Her current practice consists mainly of intervention and assessment for children with autism and other developmental disabilities. She earned her BA degree in Psychology from California State University Northridge and her MA and Ph.D. from The University of Southern Mississippi, School Psychology Program. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore. In addition, Dr. Scattone is an Adjunct Instructor at Ball State University’s Applied Behavior Analysis program. She has published several papers in such journals as the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders and Psychology in the Schools. Her dissertation research focused on teaching social skills to children with autism via the Social Story intervention. Current research interests include applying Parent Child Interaction Therapy to children with autism and intervention for pediatric feeding disorders.
Practice Locations
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Center for the Advancement of Youth - UMMC
4400 Old Canton Road, Jackson, MS 39211 View Location |
Accepted Insurance Plans
The University of Mississippi Medical Center accepts all plans, but may not be an in-network provider with your plan. We encourage you to contact your insurer and ask if the plan is in network with UMMC. Always contact your insurance carrier for specific coverage information.
*Note: Grenada and Holmes County locations have different payor contracts. Oral Surgeons are considered in-network to the medical health plans listed below NOT dental.
Medicare health insurance plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage
- Medicare - Fee For Service
- Railroad Medicare - Fee for Service
- Shared Health Mississippi
- United Healthcare (except DSNP)
- Vantage Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
- Wellcare - Medicare Advantage
Medicaid health plans
- Mississippi Medicaid
- MS CAN - Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, United Healthcare
- Medicaid MS CHIP - Molina MS CHIP and United Healthcare
Dental plans
- Always Care
- Medicaid
- MS CAN - Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, United Healthcare
- Ambetter - Magnolia Health Plan
Commercial, Marketplace and other health plans
- Always Care - Dental & Vision
- Avesis (Molina)
- Aetna Health Management
- Ambetter - Magnolia Health Plan
- American Life Care - PHCS/Multiplan
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
- Cenpatico - Behavioral Health
- Cigna PPO and Behavioral Health (excludes transplants)
- Corvel Healthcare Corp
- First Choice Health Plan - includes Humana PPO Commercial, but not Humana Medicare Advantage
- First Health Network/Coventry - Aetna
- Government Employees Health Insurance Association (GEHA) - United Healthcare
- Hattiesburg Clinic Professional Association - MPCN
- Interlink Health Services - Transplant Services
- LifeTrac - Transplant Services
- Mississippi Department of Rehab Services (MDRS)
- Mississippi Health Partners (MHP) - Family Medicine Only
- Mississippi Physicians Care Network (MPCN)
- Mississippi State Hospital
- Mississippi State and School Employees' Health Insurance Plan (AHS Network administered by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi)
- Multiplan - PHCS/American Life Care
- North Mississippi Health Link
- OptumHealth Care Solutions, Inc. - Transplant Services
- OptumHealth VA CCN
- PPO Plus, LLC/Zelis/Stratose
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Tricare
- United Healthcare - PPO Commercial, CHIP, MSCAN, Behavioral Health
- Vantage Health Plan - Commercial, PPACA Plan and Medicare Advantage Plan
- Veterans Administration
Education
| Board Certification: | Psychologist, Clinical |
| Medical Education: | University of Southern Mississippi |
Experience
Current Positions
| Instructor, Ball State University, Department of Special Education, Muncie, IN | 2015 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Jackson, MS | 07/2013 - Present |
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Jackson, MS | 07/2005 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, PCIT Certified Therapist, PCIT International | 02/2017 - Present |
| Licensure, Psychology, Mississippi Board of Psychology | 10/2003 - 06/2017 |
| Licensure, Licensed Behavior Analyst, Mississippi Autism Board | 12/2016 - 12/2019 |
| Certification, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Behavior Analysis Certification Board | 06/2003 - 06/2017 |